fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.

the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.

No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.

There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance.